Is Real Estate moving to the edge?
Posted by matt on 11 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Newspapers, advertising, rss, business, edgeio, somewhatfrank, frankgruber, classified
Frank Gruber points out the impending “move to the edge” for Real Estate listings.
Since classified advertising (especially real estate and jobs) represents the overwhelming bulk of Newspaper’s online revenue, you’ve got to think the picture will only get worse for them in the coming years.
I ask, “How can you simultaneously protect your cash cow, and also innovate sufficiently to become a player in the new marketplace?”
As others have asked, “Are you willing to put yourself out of business before someone else does?”
Are you even recognizing this question yet?
[…] The real issue is the conflict of interest of saving declining print revenues, while trying to build online ones, as I mentioned about classified ads in my last post. […]